Libby, Montana
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 05/25/2017 - 10:36am My family moved to Libby, Montana in the 1970's when I was still young. I spent the largest part of my childhood growing up in this tiny, mountain town.
My family moved to Libby, Montana in the 1970's when I was still young. I spent the largest part of my childhood growing up in this tiny, mountain town.
I recently started re-reading an old 18th century Chinese satirical novel called 'The Scholars', and I can't help but draw parallels not only between the blatantly corrupt literati of the Qing (or Ch'ing, depending on who you ask) Dynasty and the American Professional Class today, but the insane standards of both that made people waste their entire lives just to live up to them only to die trying or come up short.
Theoretically when a politician wins he rewards his voters, or at least spares them some of the pain.
However, Donald Trump isn't a normal politician. He does things differently.
Sherrell Faulkner was assaulted last November 30, found near a dumpster in one of Charlotte, NC's gay-friendly neighborhoods. She died May 16 from the injuries she sustained in the attack. She was 46 years-old.
Yes, you heard that right. As Think Progress points out, in a new post by Marlene Cimons, countries with the widest economic inequality make climate change and its consequences worse.
Back in January I wrote Georgia judge chastised by Appeals Court over transphobic rulings, about Georgia transmen Rowan Feldhaus and Norman Baumert winning the right to legally change their names in court.
The latest Kim Dotcom tweet posted around 1:00 PM EDT. It directs you to the kim.com website, where if you scroll down you can read his statement regarding Seth Rich:
I know that Setch Rich was involved in the DNC leak.I know this because in late 2014 a person contacted me about helping me to start a branch of the Internet Party in the United States. He called himself Panda. I now know that Panda was Seth Rich.
In 1994, Mitt Romney, then looking for his main chance to build Presidential cred, challenged Senator Ted Kennedy for his U.S. Senate seat. During an interview, Senator Kennedy held forth about the superiority of Democrats to Republicans--the standard "we Democratic politicians versus Republican politicians nonsense. When he stopped talking, the interviewer asked, "If that is so, why aren't you doing better?" Visibly gobsmacked, Ted Kennedy said nothing (a first?).